When You Outlaw Nerf Swords, Only Outlaws Will....

From the San Diego Union Times: A transient was shot with a Taser in Hillcrest Saturday as he raised a hatchet at San Diego police officers, who later found out the weapon was a Nerf foam toy.

Someone called police about 5:30 p.m. to report that a transient man in his 50s, with no shirt on, was screaming and carrying a large knife near a bus stop at Robinson Street and Fourth Avenue, police Officer David Stafford said.

Officers found the man and were standing behind and in front of him when he raised what appeared to be a big hatchet, Stafford said. He said the officer behind the man fired a Taser, and the barbs hit the man in the back. He fell to the ground and hit his head, causing a cut.

The officers then discovered that the hatchet was a realistic Nerf toy. The man was taken to a hospital for treatment of the cut and to remove the Taser barbs, and then he was to be taken to a mental hospital, Stafford said. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/aug/18/man-nerf-hatchet-subdued-taser/

I'm sorry, but a Nerf sword does not look realistic, compared to a real sword. (and yes I have seen a Nerf sword)